Archive Month: November 2012

School work is done. The kitchen is clean. Clothes are hung up. And now the hardest part of Wednesday comes. She fans her fingers over the worn keys of her great great aunt’s piano and looks down, ignoring the lines and dots on the page. And she plays beautifully. She… Read More

The Old Testament ends with two commands from the prophet Malachi. He tells God’s people to remember: Remember that God has done great things for you. Then he tells them to believe: Believe God’s not through doing great things for you. View Post

“Is this hard work?” I ask. He shrugs and grunts the way ten year-old boys do. And I don’t need a translator. He presses the chunk of carrot against the grater and it becomes a blur. Lifts the grater and reveals a pile of orange, smiling at this magic trick.… Read More

We’ve had a long and very up and down day emotionally. Great but exhausting. So, while I collect my thoughts and try to put words together, here’s a tour of Lima, Peru in 360 degrees. A panoramic photo from the rooftop of Compassion child development center PE-223. Click the image… Read More

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. -Genesis 2:7 “Richard.” He’s stirred from his nine year-old boy daydream, eyes wide and fixed on mine. “Richard, when you are a man…”… Read More

There’s more than one way to change the world. My favorite is so simple it fits on a napkin. In the middle is one child. The next ring is that child’s home. Then comes her community. Next, her country. Beyond that, the world. There are two main ways of going… Read More